Required for what?
There are no constitutional mandates governing the number of justices seated on the Supreme Court; such details were left to Congress.
Congress determined that a Judiciary Act should never allow fewer than six justices; the current legislation requires nine.
A quorum of the current Supreme Court requires at least six justices to hear and decide a case.
You may be referring to a quorum, the minimum number required to conduct official business.
The US Supreme Court comprises nine justices who attempt to review every case as a complete Court. A quorum, the minimum number of justices who must participate in any given case, is six.
For a majority ruling on the Supreme Court, a minimum of five out of the nine justices must agree. This is because a majority decision requires more than half of the justices to support a particular outcome or opinion. It is necessary to have a majority in order to establish a binding decision for the Court.
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No, the Senate is not required to participate in increasing the number of US Supreme Court justices. The power to determine the number of justices is vested in the Congress, not specifically the Senate. However, any legislation to increase the number of justices would need to be passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives before it becomes law.
The Canadian Constitution.
He wanted more liberal justices in the court.
Congress decides how many justices should be on the US Supreme Court. The current number, nine, was set by the Judiciary Act of 1869.
SevenThe number of justices that serve on the Georgia Supreme Court is 7. The member that has been there the longest is Robert Benham.
Congress created the law that fixed the number of justices on the Supreme Court in 1869; the number has not changed since then. Under the US Constitution, the number of justices is not mentioned. Congress decides how many justices there shall be and has changed the number from time to time.
There is none. Although US Supreme Court justices and other Article III judges receive lifetime appointments, there is no minimum (or maximum) required term of service. The average tenure on the Court is currently 25.5 years, indicating most justices prefer to make longterm careers, despite being eligible to retire with full benefits after only ten years' service (if age 70 or older; 15 years, if age 65).Several justices have resigned after only a few years on the bench, but this is the exception rather than the norm.For more information, see Related Questions, below.